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WILLIAM E SODERSTROM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1942 – May 6, 1966
Service recordWilliam E Soderstrom, of Albany, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 37
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 31, 1942
- Home of record
- Albany, Oregon (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 37
- EARL S SHELTONSergeant · May 6, 1966
- HERBERT LEE SUTHERLANDStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- STEPHEN EVANS THOMASSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEON BOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 32
- CECIL DOUGLAS BRELANDPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 32
- MICHAEL F BRUNATSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 32
- DAVID CLYDE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 32
- REESE DEVEREAUXStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 33
- DARWIN HAROLD ENGMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7E, Line 33
- MACK LEMUL FRANCE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 33
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 34
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 34
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 34
- GLENN ALEXANDER KENNEDYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 34
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7E, Line 34
- ELMER FRANKLIN POWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 35
- HARVEY WILLIAM PRATERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 35
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 35
- JOHN H REGOStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 35
- JOSEPH H REIDPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 36
- DOUGLAS JOHN WEISSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 36
- EARL S SHELTONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 37
- HERBERT LEE SUTHERLANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 37
- STEPHEN EVANS THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 37
- JAMES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 37
- STEVE GRANT YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 38
From Albany
- WRIGHT BARTWYN HAMILLPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- ROLLIE LEE BOLDENSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- LARRY DALE KNIGHTMajor · October 7, 1966
- EARL FREDERICK SMITHSecond Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- LLOYD ALVAN DUNCANPrivate First Class · December 9, 1967
- GERALD ALLEN HIUKKAPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- JIMMY LYNN DELANOLance Corporal · March 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BURKHARTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHN LEE HOLMESPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR AKIN JRPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.